caro's another day of protests over the president dictator like. it's been described as a coup. catalonia prepares for a key which could potentially force a referendum on independence from central government. and a british couple have their children taken away because of their political beliefs . or how the country's care system is being run. international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day egypt has witnessed

a second day of clashes between opponents and supporters of president mohamed morsi this comes as the country's top judges accuse him of launching an unprecedented attack on the judiciary by taking more presidential powers the judges have called for a nationwide strike in protest against the president's new powers the latest now from cairo based journalist. what we've seen today is a continuation of the clashes that have been going on for five days now of protesters against the president in particular the president's constitutional declaration which was issued on thursday which really gives him sweeping powers in addition there were protests organized by opposition forces in the form of marches to the supreme court of justice because a meeting was being held by the judges of the country against this constitutional exploration because it really throws remember a lot of powers of course when this march actually arrived at the supreme court they were actually attacked by an unknown groups of people identified as pro mr

brotherhood and pro president supporters really we're seeing continued clashes and key key marches and protests happening across cairo today all supporters of morsy on the streets along with of course an opposition but just give us an idea how strong the opposition movement is the opposition movement is actually getting is stronger every single day even though there are fewer numbers on there is actually tents going up because it called a sit in for a week and they've also called for a mass protest on tuesday which the against this constitutional declaration made by the president as i mentioned on thursday which really does grow on the president's sweeping powers that of course that people have really dubbed him now a pharaoh and called his document a coup so really they're building their uniting for the first time against the president and against this document and creating process the marches into here and across the country for the next week the president is supposed to seem to have counteracted all the oppositional forces movements in the sense that today as i mentioned there was this march to the supreme court of justice and it was met by

pro president supporters whether or not they're actually affiliated with the president officially we don't know in addition the president although he's organization them is a brotherhood of call for their members to come to this to the streets in a millionaire on choose day in support of the president which is directly counteracting an oppositional protest on tuesday against this document. journalism authority believes that the opposition's concerns over the future of democracy in egypt have a solid basis. what have mohammad morsi done mobarak in the height of his power could not even dream of achieving morsi is part of the muslim brotherhood and islam or fascist group did have control over their members and their supporters it is very simple and the country was more than forty five percent of its population are illiterate to control them in the name of religion gyptian is are now seeing clearly they have replaced the military fascist regime of hosni mubarak into the

religious fascist regime of mohamed morsi and the muslim brotherhood egyptians have undertaken a revolution back in january twentieth levon calling for three simple things bread freedom and social justice neither of these three. calls demands that they have called for and in their revolution have been achieved the state of the egyptian arcana me is in shambles this state of freedoms it's been marginalized people wanted to establish a democracy they wanted to establish solid at the here and to human rights they wanted to have social justice applied and not to turn it from the military to the religious fascism. the people of spain's most prosperous and most tax region which is a new parliament on sunday their choice could ultimately decide whether catalonia will remain a part of spain or go it alone after being stricken by the financial demands of

central government that is under a farm has the story. there's a wind of separatism blowing through europe at the moment and it's reached the northeastern shores of spain catalonia is the latest region to officially aspirate independence is something people here have long felt in their hearts but now they're feeling it in their pockets. i think it's a good idea to be in the band them from. a country. which is. really really bad situation it's a bargain for. it's a bargain for the cool cool to prague castle i'm flags can be seen hanging from balconies throughout barcelona reflecting a growing desire for home rule under a drive to break away from the central government in madrid this weekend's local election is being fought on that issue alone catalan president mass has made it the

centerpiece of his campaign this convergence union party to hold an independent referendum if they win and say a free catalonia would be a cure all for the region's economic problems that have seen unemployment top twenty five percent the economic context in europe and in the south of europe has been a catalyzer of this. movement we can see in the sense of people into the know believe it with our own resources human capital economic resources we could be better off if not being in the spanish estate and this is a reality that a lot of economic research has show many catalans find it a persuasive argument it's one of spain's wealthiest regions producing a fifth of the country's economic output but it pays around sixteen billion euros a year more in taxes than it gets back from madrid which has in turn insisted public services into austerity cuts. this is not fair i mean we are the ones who're

. doing our best in mcallen greasers we cannot afford the weight of these measures and the central government that for us is the one who is spending the most and not in the best way last september barcelona witnessed one of the largest separatist rallies here since the nineteen seventies over one and a half million cattle and took to the streets to call for independence but the path to becoming a new european state is far from smooth the proposed referendum is against the spanish constitution what's more withdrawing from spain could also force this region to drop out of the european union those against separatism believe it could do more harm than good. separatism lonia would be an economic disaster multi-national companies located in barcelona for access to the spanish work it and being in the e.u. that will be lost which more even of separatism does not happen just talking about

it creates uncertainty and that is the last thing the economy needs during this current crisis. with poll suggesting aftermath will win reelection barcelona and madrid look set free showdown the president this spanish military association colonel leopoldo sanchez has even suggested it might lead to another civil war political parties dismiss that as extreme rhetoric but the remaining cattle lands in hope this weekend will mark the first step towards the break up of spain. andrew farmer r.t. catalonia. coastal class a sociologist from fabry university in barcelona i spoke to a little earlier in r.t. he believes the cattle and president will have his hands full if he wins the election. the issue that's kind of overarching throughout the elections is sort of cattle on independents however there's also. a lot of sentiment against

by people that are not in his party's i guess immediate ideological range i mean he just had a general strike against him on the fourteenth of november that also drew nearly a million people into the streets so the problem with this is that between the nationalist sort of sentiment and the anti austerity sort of majority view their opposition to article the mouse is either confused or doesn't really have a referential point. in the form of a political party to vote against him so he sort of has the strongest group out of all the electoral formations. and you can find out more about the catalonian movement for independence on our web site a ton of the protests and in-depth analysis of sprains economic troubled awaiting for you right now. also him on the mass murder responsible for the deaths of seventy seven people brands his prison conditions as inhumane find out once and

this break because complaining about adopting don't come. three children to be removed from their foster parents in britain because of the political views of the couple leading to public anger the local council branded them unfit for fostering because the supporters of the u.k. independence party and what of the off to ethnic children but i spoke to paul nuttall he's an m.e.p. from the u.k. independence party who described the decision as outrageous. it's an absolute disgrace and i think it's a case of desperation really from the labor party if you have a byelection rather than exactly in the same area where this terrible incident has taken place and the council of going to heaven persecuted this family because they're members of ukip i'm not too sure whether this is a coincidence or not now your party is though critical of multiculturalism and political correctness is this incident an indication that perhaps you're being misunderstood in your failing to communicate your policies. absolutely not i think our policies are quite clear i think the fact that we're now around ten to twelve

percent in the opinion polls goes ahead and shows that and the fact is that at miliband the leader of the labor party has come out and said there needs to be an investigation into this michael gove the conservative education secretary has come out and said that this is a disgrace so we're getting backing not just from the people because the public is on the whole behind us on this they think it's a disgrace it would also getting the backing of the political parties as well so you agree with the whole idea that no matter what political persuasion couples are they should be able to adopt children. oh look this corporal have been foster parents for the past seven years they've been giving children homes and doing a good job what happens here this is a case of persecution i think it's absolutely wrong the people who will suffer as a result will be the children because what will happen to these children now look at but it isn't isn't bringing children up in a political environment of consideration for example would you be happy to see members of the british nationalist party adopting or fostering children for

a political party accused of racism. well look i think each case needs to be taken on a sole basis and we are not a racist party it's quite clear that's written into our constitution we actually van members who have been members of the british national party in the past we are completely and also the answer base is could you keep see this is a political advantage and bring to the attention the fact that the adoption fostering laws in the u.k. really do need a shake up understand that seven out of eight parents are rejected the. possibility to foster or adopt it is that in there is perhaps the you could now pursue. well i think it's something that certainly needs to be looked at i mean there are seventy thousand children in care in this country which quite frankly is obscene that is too many and what we need to be doing is getting these children out of care and into good homes because you know the statistics don't lie on those children in care are more likely to go or prison and not to well at school etc the best place for children in care to be is with loving families and that's why this whole thing is

obscene. no way seems to be suffering from its own hospitality as we report later on with radicalism falls becoming a positive trend among a growing muslim community. and we explain how scandal involving football hooligans became the springboard for a possible creation of a brand new continent. texas wants to pull away from the usa in fact at least twenty states have started petitions for independence after obama won the election with well just a few voting irregularities but guess what suspicion will never happen it is a very easy thing to do to sign a petition and it is another thing entirely to leave the usa that little civil war

thing that happened back then does anyone the usa honestly think that they are gov has the ball determination to actual rebel i don't think there is a single george washington type among them well maybe just see victoria kind of but he's out of office how do it makes it seem like revolution or succession is this fun cool easy thing to do with cool slogans and texan flags flying but the reality looks a lot more like the arab spring before you put your name on the dotted line is a seed you should really understand what that means and what your in for the founding father sure did but that's just my opinion. we won't go into the future to look at the world pass you by as the best and brightest tech minds gather in moscow some came to work while others came to play get up close and personal with devices that recreate masterpieces and scan russian

treasures from inside and from space to keep us safe from oil spills and forest fires a leisure energy gadget geek as i see majors search for the next big thing in the computer world and rushes over giants won numerous goodies cooping to take the fight straight to their competitors launch i'm doing here on a launch we've got the future of coverage. parents versus social workers docu nabbing pm last stop in any medium that many children have become prizes to fight full why does the law or threaten families of the social fora to see in the form of a a right of local minimal me faith in what they have any kind of suspicion about the world morphing of your children are often a just better at bringing up kids than their own mom and dad. from what we have an

industry that is so. concentrated form. of for trade to. russia to be soon which brightened if you knew about someone from phones to christians. please stop totty dot com. forty five here in moscow tolerance towards immigrants is something norway adopted sentry's ago tens of thousands of people displaced by wars in their countries have found their way to the welcoming land of the vikings however some modern migrants

are being accused of taking their new home for granted as for notion of reports. tolerance is no way as well known trademark maybe even to well known thirteen percent of the country's five million population a remembrance but it seems it may be suffering from its own hospitality the land district near central oslo the green area in the region but sometimes people call these parts of the city it started because of its immigrant i mean its population for years has been home to a large number of outsiders who believe in peace and many locals treated respectfully so decided it's not enough a while ago the radical islamic group demanded to make its independence from the city and the sharia law territory to feel literally out. in a letter sent to some of the country's politicians and journalists and known extremists have threatened to carry out and nine eleven in no way if their demands are not met. that it's really something really i think it's.

really to be taken seriously but this is not the first death threat coming from noways muslim community in this we do know a pakistani born in mom preaches those not strange should be brought to prison those not fasting during ramadan decapitated is it possible to kill him in the river yeah no problem all weapon is made to kill we hear concerns over how some immigrants bring part of their cultures to no way from the head of the country's hunting union on one of our. hunting courses there were pending for muslims who seem to have more interest. in nature and helping attending courses is one of the two legal ways in no way to get a personal weapons license if you don't respect the rules you want to. live in then you can go back to your country opposition party member. himself came

to no way as a political refugee in the late eighty's he says the ruling labor party is importing voters immigrants are indeed among the parties strongest supporters but the prize is high how can you integrate minority when the minority is actually the majority in the society who is going to learn from who is well you are . such rhetoric is too familiar to every norwegian a homegrown terrorist killed seventy seven here last summer protesting against the takeover of muslim immigrants also one towards one of those on that island last july his comrades and friends were killed right in front of his very eyes he says he survived to fight for what brave it tried to destroy the most important lesson is that we've never paid. ground and well use ground. it's a fight we never win the fight for democracy or. for justice it's something that we

constantly need to focus on despite concern for the threat to kill made by some immigrants may be a real noways unlikely to give up its tolerant small toe in fact it's quite the opposite for many the only response to brave extent immigrant motivated massacre is seen immigrants embraced more than ever before. r t no way. of the world news now police in thailand used tear gas to disperse the first major protest against the current government around ten thousand poured in the streets and a group of demonstrators were to. when they try to break through a police barricade the protesters accuse the prime minister of an anti molecule stance and corruption promise a sixteen month old government is on high alert and says it could support if the situation gets out of control. remains a late palestinian leader yasser arafat for. his sudden death in two thousand and four palestinians to claim he was poisoned by israel something tells me that the

investigation into his death was renewed earlier this year after traces of radioactive polonium were found in arafat's clothing samples will be examined by experts from russia switzerland and france. at least eighteen people have been killed by gas explosion inside a coal mine in southwestern china many miners are now trapped underground with rescue teams trying to reach them incidents like this remain common in the country with almost two thousand mine workers killed last year alone. the boss of russian energy giant gazprom says the company would support the creation of a united football league the move could see former soviet republics compete alongside russian clubs. takes a look at one of the grandiose plans are likely to become reality. zinni is currently the champion of russia and recently found itself in the center of a scandal when during a match with the team one of the needs found through

a four year old on the field seriously injuring the. burning his eyes with the match was stopped and his unit was punished with a technical defeat later with heard from the team's management who protested the penalties saying that me stop taking part in a russian football championship all together analysing it is sponsored by gas problem and the energy giants c.e.o. aleksey miller has met with the team's management and he's now saying that they need to start taking part in a whole new other tournament between states which currently doesn't exist but miller says that if somebody started working on the idea then gas plant would definitely support it now gazprom is known to be quite a supporter of sports its deputy c.e.o. alexander me to be there is the chief ideologist of the kontinental hockey league which is currently the second largest in the wall you know it's probably the strongest hockey teams in the whole area so the energy giant definitely has the

financial resources to help create new football tournament as well say between the former soviet republics but again this is all now being talked about not actually being worked on and it's also a question how successful such a project would be how interesting it would be to watch and how competitive would be compared to other football leagues in the world. you're watching r t live here in moscow i'll be back with more news for in about thirty five minutes from now and meantime breaking the set with abby martin that's after a short break. this is the legacy no one should be proud keeps of scrap metal littering pristine arctic landscape building stilton over their foundation pipes spewing black smoke over the snow covered peaks the traces of the soviet industrial activity on the burgen

archipelago don't make a pretty picture the guiding principle here is the worse the better locals like to tell the story that back in soviet times when norwegians were visiting barons were they also on the express lanes when it was and how prosperous the settlement was well times have obviously a challenge where they saw it lags they still attracting the region tourists are barons work i would then cons watch native cash that's why while. our goal is common as was uncovered here a few days ago instead of throwing it away the local administration decided to paint the bin you and put it at variance work central square that can do nine hundred eighty s. there was a burgeoning mining community the soviet union was determined to maintain its own costs. are located halfway between north america and western europe bergen archipelago is part of norway with a special status that allows other countries to set up industrial bases here in the

middle of the cold war it served as the use of western most outposts now it's one of the last preserved relics. of the soviet union if it was cut off from any financial support for two decades it's a curious site for western tourists and i think it could be even more appealing for russians trying. to keep its presence on spitsbergen russia still maintaining a coal mine here but in terms of profit is far behind local shops so between. bill it is a big hit the defunct arn curtain still helps keep the money flowing guys it's the russians doing your show what's you can't put in rubbles only girl not good girl your local administration is increasingly under pressure to bring the infrastructure up to more than standards these modernization efforts are not very

popular with tourists if you come into a very authentic place like bond it should stay the way it is that would be my wish i mean that's the part also the a little you know authentic traditional. i should not i would not like to have it in a shiny condition to be on those this time to change even for the better is not always good for business something that even a local band has become attuned to when they try to add morning russian songs to die repertoire the audience called old the wanted to hear it was a song comfortably familiar.

here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call. concludes the longest and while this campaign in our history covers he let me. go for some of. the twists and turns that have been the hallmarks of this campaign to watch what we're about to do because you've never seen anything like this. what's up i'm abby martin now if you watch my show on wednesday and you saw my response to an article written on alger miner dot com just yesterday another article was written by the same like qana your current title russia today continues its anti israel propaganda going even further than arab t.v.

the article states that my comments ranged from wild exaggerations to outright falsehoods and instead of continuing with this he said she said battle of words let's not forget that this website parent company is invested in the israeli government and as i mentioned before the spokesperson for the israeli prime minister wrote r t a letter admonishing the coverage of this network and provided during the conflict sort of cleared up i went straight to the source stay tuned to hear the exclusive interview i just did with alex spokesperson for the israeli prime minister netanyahu next. the arab world ever seen anything like. that. after a bus bombing left fifteen wounded in tel aviv israel and wednesday a fragile cease fire remains intact between the israeli military and armed groups in the gaza strip all this following one of the most violent conflicts seen in the

region and nearly four years so how solid is the cease fire and has israel's aggressive response to rockets fired from gaza and justifiable well earlier i got the chance to speak to alex the spokes person of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu now i apologize in advance for the cutaways but we had to compensate for a long delays in the satellite feed i first asked alex if we can expect another act of aggression in four years since these escalation seemed to happen around the time of israel's elections here's his response. no it depends on the palestinians terrorists of him us all we want is quiet and that was the goal of our operation just to provide safety and stability a normal life to our citizens and we are really really hope that it will be quiet in the principle of this ceasefire is very simple quiet will be met with quiet.